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Old 03-15-2013, 11:15 PM
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Got the heavy duty wiring harness off of amazon, it was 27 bucks pictures dont exactly do it justice. I have the cheap stock headlights from autozone.
First ones are before, then after
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sweet! i upgraded to some amazon hid's and i am happy with those. how hard was the harness upgrade?
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Nice. I might have to do this.


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sweet! i upgraded to some amazon hid's and i am happy with those. how hard was the harness upgrade?
Oh wow finally found someone from south east Wisconsin. I'm not alone down here I guess.
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Wow, that's just from a wire harness upgrade? Can you post the link?
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alnielson i have the h4 conversion too. hid was a huge upgrade and an easy one too. but if there is more light to gain from a harnes upgrade, i am all for it!
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alnielson i have the h4 conversion too. hid was a huge upgrade and an easy one too. but if there is more light to gain from a harnes upgrade, i am all for it!
You'll be amazed at what the harness upgrade does. Especially if you already have H4s. And, you'll keep from melting down your headlight switch from all the amperage those H4s are pulling.
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Hey Pete, 3 away from 10,000!. Zat why you are up so late?

Yea, mine are petty dim, thanks all for the info.
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Hey Pete, 3 away from 10,000!. Zat why you are up so late?

Yea, mine are petty dim, thanks all for the info.
No. It's friday night. Don't have to work tomorrow. Didn't notice the post count til you pointed it out.

Getting my taxes done tomorrow morning. that will determine whether I buy a 65 Rambler 990 with 118K on it!!!
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Originally Posted by worleyburd
Got the heavy duty wiring harness off of amazon, it was 27 bucks pictures dont exactly do it justice. I have the cheap stock headlights from autozone.
First ones are before, then after
Putco 230004HW Premium Automotive Lighting Wiring H4 100W Heavy Duty Harness and Relay:Amazon:Automotive Putco 230004HW Premium Automotive Lighting Wiring H4 100W Heavy Duty Harness and Relay:Amazon:Automotive
was this the harness you got?
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No. It's friday night. Don't have to work tomorrow. Didn't notice the post count til you pointed it out.

Getting my taxes done tomorrow morning. that will determine whether I buy a 65 Rambler 990 with 118K on it!!!
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I think this will be my next project after my leaks are fixed.
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This is all I got. Easiest thing I've ever done. I think if you don't spend 27 bucks on this your really missing out...
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Plug and play. Looks even better in person
Putco 230004HW Premium Automotive Lighting Wiring H4 100W Heavy Duty Harness and Relay:Amazon:Automotive Putco 230004HW Premium Automotive Lighting Wiring H4 100W Heavy Duty Harness and Relay:Amazon:Automotive
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It's Prime too so that means free 2 day shipping. I absolutely love Amazon Prime!
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Awesome pictures, thank you! Can see what it REALLY looks like, Believe it or not the crappy fences do a great job of that. I had no doubt that there was an upgrade, but everything else I've seen so far just looks like the "after" picture had a different exposure or the white balance was screwed up.
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pics are hi beams. how about a before and after with low beams. hi beams are awesome but you cant drive around with hi beams all the time.


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